There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5629: It’s uncertain whether it’s an enemy or a friend
Chapter 5629: It’s uncertain whether it’s an enemy or a friend
The ancestor smiled slightly and said, "Laiyi actually has no ambition or desire to seize the world. From the beginning, they were just a medium-sized vassal state located in the eastern part of Qingzhou and the Linhai area. When the Xia Dynasty was destroyed, the Youlan clan was
After leaving due to the defeat, the Laiyi tribe, which was originally a small vassal state, joined forces to become Laiyi and occupy the eastern part of Qingzhou."
"It's just because of the sea salt and salt field, Laiyi became the target of target and attack by the Shang Dynasty. Although they once took advantage of the Shang army's labor division's expedition, the rear was provided with problems, and the upper level had various conflicting conditions, and once they relied on familiar terrain.
The advantage of this defeated the Shang king's expedition and triggered the rebellion of the powerful Dongyi countries such as Fengyi and Xin Kingdom."
"But Laiyi and others themselves did not join the rebellion of Fengyi and Xin Kingdom, and did not expect to attack the hinterland of the Shang Dynasty and destroy the Shang Dynasty. Because in their opinion, whether it was the Xia Dynasty of the Shang Dynasty or Fengyi, Xin Kingdom finally did not.
There is no difference between them, Laiyi. Who should pay tribute to? If Fengyi seizes the world, he will eventually force them to hand over sea salt or other tributes. Sooner or later
They will also turn against each other like the Shang Dynasty."
Dou Peng laughed and said, "To put it bluntly, it is still not strong enough. Lai Yi was just a loose tribe on the original North Sea. Because his habits and production and lifestyles were similar, they naturally combined together to form an alliance, which led to Lai.
Yi, their territory, but today the size of one or two counties in Qingzhou is much weaker than the huge Central Plains dynasty, which occupied the entire Sizhou and Yuzhou. Even the Shang Dynasty followed the Fengyi and Xin.
Compared with the countries that occupy the eastern part of the Central Plains and northern Yuzhou, the strength is much worse. They dare not even think about the situation of seizing the world, unless they take the opportunity to acquire other tribes in this world and expand their territory and
The population must at least occupy the entire Qingzhou area to challenge the overlord of the Central Plains.”
Hei Pao nodded and said, "I remember that behind Lai Yi was marching towards the Jiaodong Peninsula to fight those more backward, weaker, and still in the ancient tribe, the Stone Age, I'm right.
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The ancestor nodded: "The Black Robe Venerable said it well. After Lai Yi was beaten by the Shang Dynasty, he found that weakness was the original sin. No matter who became the overlord of the Central Plains, he would ask for salt and tribute from himself.
In the past, the Youlan clan and the Youxin clan of the Xia Dynasty had a much stronger relationship with the Central Plains sect leader Xia Dynasty than with the Shang Dynasty. However, after Xia Jie took office, he turned against each other for more than 400 years and turned against each other.
Isn’t it because the Youlan clan and Yousheng clan only guarded their fiefs for hundreds of years and hardly expanded, which gave Xia Jie the opportunity to destroy himself at any time?"
"In addition to this incident, the leader of Laiyi has figured it out. If he doesn't want to be beaten by others, he has to be strong first. He can't defeat the Shang army, can't provoke Fengyi, Xin Kingdom, and still can't deal with the stone tools.
Did the Yi tribe of the times? So during the decades of the Battle between Shang Dynasty and Fengyi, they used the war technology of the Shang Dynasty obtained in the war to strengthen the army, and on the other hand, they also eased relations with the Shang Dynasty.
, increased the output of some salt in exchange for bronze ore from the Shang Dynasty, which allowed them to build more bronze weapons and form an army."
Black robe frowned: "Aren't the Shang Dynasty in a state of war with Lai Yi? At this time, even Feng Yi and Xin Kingdom rebelled. Why did Lai Yi surrender to the Shang Dynasty? The Shang Dynasty was willing to accept it?"
The ancestor smiled slightly: "The kings of the Shang Dynasty were able to bend and stretch, so don't make enemies everywhere. They understood that the main opponent at that time was to destroy their own Fengyi and Xin Kingdom, and Laiyi was also in the Jianghan area in the south.
The Miao people Fang Guo, the southern tribes that had been fighting for hundreds of years in order to seize copper ore, had no long-term vision and could temporarily shake hands and make peace, just like the bronze ore after the Shang Dynasty completely contracted from the south.
It can also be obtained through trade, or even
Use the salt sold to the Shang Dynasty to exchange for copper ore from the southern tribes. Although these outputs are not controlled and guaranteed by themselves, they are not completely unavailable. Therefore, as long as Lai and these southern countries are willing to
Continue to recognize the Shang Dynasty as the sect leader, and originally provided the things that the Shang Dynasty needed by tribute or trade. The Shang Dynasty could write off the grudges of the past, and even put the responsibility for the previous war on the previous kings who sent troops, so that
The dead are here to take responsibility.”
Dou Peng sighed and murmured: "There is really no eternal conflict, only eternal interests. The world's general trend, breaking up and reunion, yesterday was an ally, today was a mortal enemy, yesterday's mortal enemy, today can be handed over today
Friends, things are really impermanent. However, the Shang Dynasty was a huge man after all, with a huge size. Although Fengyi and Xin Kingdom were a powerful country, if it could not destroy Shang directly like Shang destroyed Xia, it would be dragged to the tug-of-war
, protracted war will be difficult to deal with, just like Wei, Ji, and Peng, the princes who were originally not welcomed by the Shang Dynasty, immediately stood on the side of the Shang Dynasty when they saw that they had the opportunity to make a contribution. However,
I still don’t quite understand why these princes of Fang Kingdom, who had been celebrating some festivals with the Shang Dynasty, were attacked, and moved, did not stand on the side of Fengyi and Xin Kingdoms, and would continue to follow the Shang Dynasty?"
The ancestor said calmly: "This matter is not difficult to understand, because the Shang Dynasty was the emperor who had been the emperor for many years and the sect leader of the Central Plains for hundreds of years. Under the rule of the Shang Dynasty, the world's trade, material circulation, and resource allocation are all kinds of
The scope that the vassal states can be accepted is that in addition to using troops to the south, the Shang Dynasty has not attacked the princes who surrendered to them on a large scale for hundreds of years. Even the tribes such as the Peng State and the Fang State in the Ying surname, which are far away in the Jianghuai River, are still
In addition to tribute, we obtained the necessary goods transported by the Shang Dynasty from other places, such as bronze and salt. This way of bartering was not available in the Shang Dynasty, the Central Plains Heaven.
The transfer and distribution of the son would have big problems. Feng Yi and Xin launched an army against Shang because of their own interests, because they were afraid of being directly annexed by the Shang Dynasty that was too close, but Peng and Wei.
These countries have no such concern. They are far away from the Shang Dynasty and help Feng Yi and others to raise an army to fight against Shang. There is no benefit. At most, they can only change the sect leader country, but they have to take a lot of risks. Perhaps Feng Yi and Xin will never be able to do so.
It will satisfy its trade needs like the Shang Dynasty. After all, the Shang Dynasty still had prestige among the princes in the world and won the hearts of the people, so that the world would not rebel." (This chapter ended)